Community Boards helps San Francisco residents, nonprofit organizations and businesses find peaceful solutions to conflicts through mediation, facilitation and training.  We train and certify over 100 new mediators a year.

We help people manage everyday conflicts by addressing disputes before they escalate to violence or property damage, such as conflict between neighbors, roommates, youth, and families, as well as disputes that might lead to litigation.

Our Neighborhood Mediation Program is the oldest, longest-running public mediation service in the United States.  We offer all San Francisco residents conflict resolution services for a nominal fee.    This is made possible by our large pool of certified volunteer mediators who reflect San Francisco’s great diversity.  Our dispute resolution services are offered in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Over 85% of our cases are resolved to everyone’s satisfaction.

Since 1976 Community Boards has…

• Trained over 16,000 community members of all races and ages to be skilled volunteer mediators.
• Staffed 8,500 conflict resolution panels with these trained volunteers.
• Assisted 46,000 San Francisco residents in resolving their conflicts peacefully.
• Facilitated more than 2,000 decision-making meetings for public and nonprofit agencies.
• Provided peer mediation program development and training at more than 3,000 schools across the country.